MINING & RETAIL

Mnangagwa to launch ambitious US$$12bn mining roadmap next week

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to officially launch a roadmap towards achieving an ambitious US$$12bn mining industry in the next four years as government moves to get more value from the capital...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

New dates for mining indaba

THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has announced November 5 and 6 as the new dates for the Semi-precious Stones Convention, which is set to be opened by President Mnangagwa. The two-day indaba, whic...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 October 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe mining industry lags behind in technolo

YOUNG Miners Foundation (YMF) chief executive Payne Kupfukwa has lamented that the local mining industry was lagging behind in terms of technology, with firms using archaic and inefficient equipment.K...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Illegal mining threatens Blanket Mine operations

CALEDONIA Mining Corporation has bemoaned the rampant increase of illegal mining activities on properties controlled by its gold mining company, Blanket Mine in Gwanda.Blanket Mine has exploration tit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe mining industry set to generate US$3bn

Zimbabwe's mining industry expects to generate US$3 billion in revenue this year, which is short of government's US$4 billion target, an industry official has said.In 2018, the sector earned US$3,4 bi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2019

OPINION

How to start your own gold mining company

THE last article looked at the way one obtains a Prospecting Licence and gets to peg a mine. Today's article will look at starting your gold mining company. After considering all the requirements for ...

By Trynos Nkomo | Published: 05 May 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe eyes deals at Arab African mining conference

Stakeholders in the mining industry will in June convene in London for the third annual Arab African Mining Conference Exhibition where Zimbabwe is anticipating to strike mega deals for the mining sec...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Mnangagwa pens $5 billion mining deal

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has inked what it has termed a major mining investment deal with Chinese company, Tsingshan Holdings.The deal, signed by Mines minister Winston Chitando and T...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe targets US$4bn in mining exports

Zimbabwe is this year targeting a 28 percent increase in mineral export earnings as the sector gears towards Vision 2030 target of an annual haul of US$12 billion per annum by 2023. Zimbabwe last year...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Mining sector to meet Chitando over forex allocation

MINE workers and the Chamber of Mines have agreed to approach the government and table a request for the sector to get at least 80% of their foreign currency earnings, businessdigest has learnt.This c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 January 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa says 'Mining, tourism to anchor recovery in 2019'

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday promised that 2019 would be a much better year for Zimbabweans, pinning economic revival on the growth of tourism and new mining projects."I am confident that th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 January 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Mnangagwa commissions diamond mining plant

President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned a Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) crushing plant here, marking the country's transition from alluvial to conglomerate diamond mining as he warne...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 December 2018

MINING & RETAIL

2018 mining output up

ZIMBABWE'S mining sector improved production in 2018, with average capacity utilisation going up to 75 percent from 71 percent in 2017, an industry report released this week shows. However, this was i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 November 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Bilboes seeks to expand operations

A LOCAL privately-owned gold mining and exploration concern, Bilboes Holdings is seeking to expand its operations as it moves to ramp up its mineral production.Bilboes Holdings chief executive officer...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 September 2018

MINING & RETAIL

New mining status costs Zimplats

ZIMPLATS, the country's largest platinum miner, says its profits declined by 94 percent in the year to June 2018 after the company changed its status from a special mining lease (SML) holder to mining...

By Staff repporter | Published: 06 September 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Mnangagwa urges sensitivity in mining operations

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged mining companies to adhere to the country's environmental laws to avoid land degradation and environmental pollution during their operations.Speaking during the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 July 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Govt, steel firm sign coal mining pact

Government yesterday signed a special coal mining grant with iron and steel company Steelmakers that will allow the firm to invest $120 million on expanding its production. With iron and steel plants ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa dares mining firms

Government is working on a framework that will see all big mining companies in the country returning to full production to enhance their contribution to the fiscus and employment creation, President M...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2018

MINING & RETAIL

12 mining firms granted prospecting orders

The Mines and Minerals ministry has granted eight mining companies with exclusive prospecting orders for a period of three years while four companies have been granted special grants for the same peri...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Mining companies exempted from paying wage increment

THIRTY mining companies have successfully applied to be exempted from paying the 2018 minimum wage increment amid viability concerns.The Chamber of Mines and the Associated Mineworkers' Union of Zimba...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Blythdale Mining sues supplier for $26,000

BULAWAYO-BASED mining company, Blythdale Mining Services, has approached the High Court seeking an order compelling Kwekwe-based Sheafta Mining to reimburse it for equipment which the latter failed to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Forex crisis hits Hwange underground mining

RESUMPTION of underground mining operations at Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) has been affected by the foreign currency shortages crippling the country, a report by Parliament has indicated.In...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Rushwaya takes over mining leadership

SHANGHANI Gold Miners' Association executive member, Ms Henrietta Rushwaya, is set to take over as new Zimbabwe Miners' Federation (ZMF) president tomorrow after she successfully filed her nomination ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 June 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe to roll out Command Mining

Government is introducing Command Mining for Zimbabweans to fully participate in the exploitation of the country's mineral resources while contributing to economic development, Vice President Constant...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 June 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Govt shelves mining fees for small scale miners

Small scale miners got a reprieve after Government temporarily shelved mining fees levied on them as part of efforts to formalise the sector and increase production.President Mnangagwa announced this ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 June 2018
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